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Darden Restaurants Inc. insider trading

In twelve months insiders at Darden Restaurants bought nothing and sold $24.0M on the open market; none of the 27 sales was under a plan set in advance.

Bought on the open marketNonein twelve months
Sold on the open market$24.0M27 sales
Sales set in advanceNoneall 27 chosen by the insider
Pay taken in stock88 by own choice
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  1. Insiders are the people who run the company: officers, directors and owners of 10% or more. They must report a trade on Form 4 within two business days.
  2. A purchase on the open market is the strongest sign: the insider spent their own money.
  3. A sale under a trading plan (Rule 10b5-1) says little: its dates were fixed months before. Sales outside a plan say more, but insiders sell for many reasons, such as taxes or a house.
  4. Grants, option exercises and shares held back for tax are left out.
  5. What is a Form 4? · Form 4 codes

What kind of trades

Insiders only sold: 27 sales worth $24.0M, each on a day the insider chose.

Purchasebought with their own money
Pay in stock, own choiceowed cash, chose shares
Sale outside a planthe insider picked the day
Sale under a plandates fixed months before
Says littlecompany plans, board pay, cash units
Bought
8 pay by choice
Sold
27 outside a plan

Every Form 4 line of the last twelve months, counted by kind. The grades come from the filing itself: whether the insider paid cash, whether a plan set the date, whether pay was taken in stock by choice.

Insider trades on the share price

last twelve months

27 marks over twelve months, each in its grade: solid for the stronger signs, hollow or grey for the ones that say little.

PurchasePay in stock, own choiceSale outside a planSale under a planSays little

The blue line is the daily close over twelve months. Each mark is one insider's trades on one day, on that day's price, sized by dollar value. Solid marks are the stronger signs; hollow and grey marks say little. Hover or tap a mark for who, how much and why.

Trades worth a closer look

A purchase stands out when two or more of these hold: a senior insider, several insiders buying within 90 days, a fall of 10% or more in the three months before, or over $1 million. A sale outside a plan is judged the same way. These are the Feed's rules.

Who traded

dollars, twelve months

12 insiders traded. The most: Cardenas Ricardo, sale outside a plan $8.2M.

One row per insider, sold to the left and bought to the right, split by grade: the paler part of a bar is the part that says little.

How it compares

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Open-market sales, twelve months

Open-market purchases, twelve months

    The bar ranks every company on the site from the lowest on the left to the highest on the right, in three equal thirds; the small figures under it are the values where each third starts, and the black tick is the middle company. The orange dot is this company; the grey ticks are the other companies in its industry (hover or tap for names). A hatched block is companies tied at none.

    Every Form 4 line

    Purchase: bought on the open market with their own moneyTook pay in stock, own choice: owed cash, chose shares instead; a softer signSale: sold on the open market, not under a plan set in advanceSale, trading plan: under a Rule 10b5-1 plan set up months before, so the date was fixed in advanceGrey lines: plan purchases, pay in stock taken by the whole board or under a company plan, and units paid in cash; they say little about the insider's own view
    TradedInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValueFiling
    6 October 2026Martin Melvin JohnGroup PresidentSaleafter a 1% fall over three months · 11% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 6 October 20262,209$202.61$447,565Form 4
    30 August 2026Wilmott Timothy JDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY19 Director Compensation)153n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 153 units instead of cash. The stock had risen 6% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    30 August 2026Kenningham DarylDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY26 Director Compensation)150n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 150 units instead of cash. The stock had risen 6% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units which settle immediately.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    5 August 2026Wilkerson John W.President, Olive GardenSaleafter a 7% rise over three months · 4% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 5 August 20262,500$208.41$521,035Form 4
    5 August 2026Wilkerson John W.President, Olive GardenSaleafter a 7% rise over three months · 4% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 5 August 20266,364$208.30$1.3 millionForm 4
    31 July 2026Williamson Laura BPresident, LongHorn SteakhouseSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 7% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 31 July 20261,110$204.32$226,792Form 4
    31 July 2026Williamson Laura B, by SpousePresident, LongHorn SteakhouseSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 7% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 31 July 2026443$204.89$90,768Form 4
    29 July 2026Vennam RajeshSVP, CFOSaleafter a 8% rise over three months · 3% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 29 July 20268,478$210.00$1.8 millionForm 4
    29 July 2026Connelly Susan M.SVP, Chief Comm & PA OfficerSaleafter a 8% rise over three months · 3% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 29 July 20262,226$208.17$463,389Form 4
    29 July 2026King Sarah H.SVP, Chief People OfficerSaleafter a 8% rise over three months · 3% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 29 July 20261,500$209.63$314,448Form 4
    29 July 2026King Sarah H.SVP, Chief People OfficerSaleafter a 8% rise over three months · 3% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 29 July 20262,873$210.83$605,717Form 4
    28 July 2026Cardenas RicardoPresident and CEOSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 28 July 20263,801$209.58$796,596Form 4
    28 July 2026Cardenas RicardoPresident and CEOSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 28 July 20267,241$209.41$1.5 millionForm 4
    28 July 2026Cardenas RicardoPresident and CEOSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 28 July 202612,802$208.79$2.7 millionForm 4
    28 July 2026Cardenas RicardoPresident and CEOSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 28 July 202615,290$209.00$3.2 millionForm 4
    7 July 2026Connelly Susan M.SVP, Chief Comm & PA OfficerSaleafter a 7% rise over three months · 6% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 7 July 20269,930$206.21$2.0 millionForm 4
    31 May 2026Kenningham DarylDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY26 Director Compensation)159n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 159 units instead of cash. The stock had fallen 5% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units which settle immediately.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    31 May 2026Wilmott Timothy JDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY19 Director Compensation)162n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 162 units instead of cash. The stock had fallen 5% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    17 April 2026Milanes Douglas J.SVP, Chief Supply Chain OfcrSaleafter a 6% fall over three months · 11% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 17 April 20263,620$202.16$731,837Form 4
    7 April 2026Koren Lindsay L.SVP General CounselSaleafter a 5% fall over three months · 16% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 7 April 2026300$194.32$58,295Form 4
    6 April 2026Martin Melvin JohnGroup PresidentSaleafter a 2% rise over three months · 13% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 6 April 20265,091$196.04$998,040Form 4
    23 March 2026Simon William SDirectorSaleafter a 4% rise over three months · 13% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 23 March 20262,333$200.64$468,082Form 4
    22 February 2026Wilmott Timothy JDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY19 Director Compensation)152n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 152 units instead of cash. The stock had risen 24% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon theReporting Person's termination of service as a director.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    22 February 2026Kenningham DarylDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY26 Director Compensation)149n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 149 units instead of cash. The stock had risen 24% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units which settle immediately.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    23 January 2026Sonsteby Charles MDirectorSaleafter a 12% rise over three months · 9% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 23 January 20263,123$205.32$641,210Form 4
    22 January 2026King Sarah H.SVP, Chief People OfficerSaleafter a 10% rise over three months · 9% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 22 January 2026200$207.28$41,456Form 4
    22 January 2026King Sarah H.SVP, Chief People OfficerSaleafter a 10% rise over three months · 9% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 22 January 20264,405$206.62$910,180Form 4
    16 January 2026Wilkerson John W.President Elect, Olive GardenSaleafter a 14% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 16 January 20262,258$213.00$480,954Form 4
    15 January 2026Vennam RajeshSVP, CFOSaleafter a 14% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 15 January 20263,182$214.12$681,318Form 4
    15 January 2026Vennam RajeshSVP, CFOSaleafter a 14% rise over three months · 5% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 15 January 20263,592$214.12$769,101Form 4
    14 January 2026Connelly Susan M.SVP, Chief Comm & PA OfficerSaleafter a 10% rise over three months · 8% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 14 January 20262,635$207.36$546,394Form 4
    13 January 2026Burrowes ToddGroup PresidentSaleafter a 10% rise over three months · 9% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 13 January 20267,103$207.12$1.5 millionForm 4
    6 January 2026Martin Melvin JohnGroup PresidentSaleafter a 5% rise over three months · 11% below its one-year high · Form 144 notice 6 January 20261,200$197.47$236,964Form 4
    23 November 2025Kenningham DarylDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY26 Director Compensation)186n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 186 units instead of cash. The stock had fallen 16% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units which settle immediately.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    23 November 2025Wilmott Timothy JDirectorTook pay in stockown choice · Restricted Stock Units (FY19 Director Compensation)189n/an/aForm 4

    Took a retainer as 189 units instead of cash. The stock had fallen 16% in the three months before.

    The filing's own wordsThe Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon the ReportingPerson's termination of service as a director.Form 4 footnote, as filed
    A filing with several lines appears once per line.
    Read morePay taken in stock by the insider's own choice has the filing's footnote, word for word, in the note under it; for the others, hold the pointer on the type. An award filed at no price shows n/a.